Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-04
Wednesday, May f, 1887.
NEW HAVEN,S ENLISTMENT BILL.

NEW RAVENS ADJUSTMENT HILL Mt Comes Before the Senate at Hart.
 ford and is Killed-To be Referred Back to the House-A Date Fixed For Final Adjournment - Bills Passed by the Senate and House Senator Gallagher to Endeavor to Secure Barges on the Free Shipping LIst-The Free Pass Bill Again. HARTFORD, May 8. Special to the JOURNAL AND CoUR1ER.l The legislature will adjourn May Il at high noon The news will be welcomed by l the friends of the statesmen who have for l four months and over occupied seats in Con- necticut's finest The farms of the farmer | members of the House will soon receive their | much needed attention and only too soon ! the agricultural statesman, who for so many weeks has mingled with railroad magnates, Senators and other notables may be seen try ing to catch up on his corn planting ! SENATOR GALLAGHER OPPOSED. The bill concerning taxes, assessments and liens in New Haven was acted on in the Sen- ate this morning. Senator Walsh, chairman of the judiciary committee, explained it's provisions and said that persons in authority had advocated the bill before the committee which resulted in the favorable report Sen ator Gallagher arese and said the bill was en- tirely uncalled for and that there was no need for any such act. He then moved to indefinitely postpone. Senator Graham en- dorsed the view expressed by Senator Gala gher and hoped the bill would be voted down. The nays carried and the bill was killed. It will now go to the House. The most important sections are as follows
 Sec l. The board of aldermen of tie city of New Haven, the board of Selectmen Of the town or New Haven, and the board of education of the New Haven city school district shall each, on or before July 1, 1S87 elect by ballot one person. who shall be member of the board electing him, to be one of a committee to be known as the tax committee, and to hold office until July 1, 1888.
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said committee to hear in public meeting all persons claiming to be aggreved account of taxes, assessments or liens alleged to be due to said town city school district at the time of the passage of this act and if said committee are unanimously of the opinion that any adjustment, abatement or release should be made of any such taxes, assessments or liens they shall make finding of facts in each of such cases and report.
 Sec. 5 Said committee shall give public notice of the time and place of their meetings by adver- tisement published in some newspapers published in said town of New Haven, and shall hold at least one meeting for said public hearing in every month except July and August
 Sec. 6. If any vacancy shall occur in said com, mittee 1t shall be fill ed by the board eectlng sad member, whose place shall become vacant ID the same manner that hereinbefore provided Tor the original appointment.
 Sec '. The expenses of advertising, books of records and stationery shall be paid in the propor tion of one-seventh by said school district, tive Sevenths by said town and four-seventhS by said city.
 Sec S. Said committee are hereby empowered to act as it's members shall be appointed.